Marchand Sports Media Peter King's legendary NFL stories
In the 39-minute podcast, legendary sports writer Peter King shares amazing stories from his decades covering the NFL. Here’s what you need to know.
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* Growing up in Connecticut, he wanted to be Carl Yastrzemski
* Peter Gammons and Watergate had an enormous influence on his wanting to be a journalist
* He was really into politics, which he thought would be his career focus in journalism
* How college kids wanted to be Mike & the Mad Dog 20 years ago and now want to be Stephen A. Smith and how it influences your career
* How he covered Pete Rose, Tom Seaver and Johnny Bench
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* How he was so fortunate to be given the Bengals beat at the Cincinnati Inquirer at 26 years old to cover the most open coach in the business, Sam Wyche
* How he got Sam Wyche to pose as a magician prior to his first game
* How about if he asked Bill Parcells do that
* He then went to Newsday to cover the Giants
* He broke a Lawrence Taylor story that got him in the door at Sports Illustrated
* How back then Sports Illustrated gave you better access than ESPN
* Seaver and Bench were so good to deal with
* His love for dealing with Michael Irvin
* Michael Irvin being excited about an SI game
* Irvin took him to his office to be interviewed (we won't ruin where Irvin's office was)
* How Deion Sanders invited up to his hotel room to show his work ethic
* Mike Holmgren opened everything about his story
* How he spent three nights at Brett Favre's house
* How he had Favre laid out his history with pain killers and he had to sit on the story for nearly a week
* How he had his own report card by reading all the newspapers
* How Bill Parcells said, "Who the F are you?" to King
* How competitive he was to write the best story each day
* Steve Serby freaking out the rest of the baseball beat
* Bill Belichick holding a grudge
* What is the key to maintaining relationships with sources over the years
* How he ended up getting invited to Tom Brady's house in Montana after the 28-3 comeback Super Bowl win
* Advice for young reporters how to get people to give you insight and time
* How taking the wider lens view is better in covering sports
* How the Monday Morning Quarterback came to be on the internet
* Most of the writers wouldn't write for the internet without extra pay
* If Sports Illustrated could have a do-over to keep it as the No. 1 sports destination, what would it be
* How he realized that MMQB was so big when he led his column about his daughter's softball team
* How NBC Sports president Rick Cordella was so great to him at the end of his career
* How Andy Reid wanted to be a sports writer
* How Adrian Wojnarowski called King to ask what he thought about retiring way before he announced it
* How Adam Schefter is fantastic, but he wouldn't want his life
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